The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-13
FACT AND FANCY.

the Fulton market, New York city.
The real estate dealer doesn't want th
earth; he 10 always trying TO sell It
when he is As he wishes he knew something
Blind Pompey, an African lion, died at tn
Philadelphia zoo q few days ago aged o
years.
1.-THE American cowboy can lasso anything
from mustang to the heart Of an Englisl
queen"
The law cannot make man moral, but /
can make him dreadfully uncomfortable whei
he 10 immoral.
The wonder is that so many men OF shattered
memories should be able TO amass such enor
nous fortunes
A little boy in sebec, Me-, remarked on,
day that 1.-THE scartest thing my mother eve
saw was O snake"
Another unloaded pistol The funeral, how
ever. was well attended, and the services arr
reported as impressive. Sya
Drummer, chi" swell, am travelling TO
q bank" "Pretty good payi" "Yes, II &c
across the Canada line"
Berry Wall, king Of the dudes, carries with
him when he travels an assortment OF caneI
which cost him over 800.
The man who rides on the cars every day &
satisfied with one seat but the man who rider
once year wants at least four.
An encampment Of the state troops Of
South Carolina will probably take place somt
time during the present year.
BIZ Nye is going to move East and Olive
Optic is going West This is an eye for or
eye-or rather Nye for an Optic.
New York city proposes to expend ST. 00f
900 annually in establishing small parks below
One Hundred and Fifty-ffth street
II any stylish woman wants to beat all hel
neighbors In the costliness Of her decorations
let her wear spring chicken on her bonnet
Lightning struck flock of geese which
were flying over Rock Creek, CAL, few days
ago, and six Of them fell dead into the
streets.
In New Yorg a smart youth does thriving
business by stationing himself at the ferries
and supplying funeral parties with TASKS OF
whisky.
A woman in Lowestoft, England, claims to
have succeeded in teaching a canary bird to
repeat several words and phrases and TO imi-
tate notes Of other Gagged birds.
Mrs. Drummer celebrated her one hundredth
birthday at Derry, Pa, one day last week.
Her youngest child is SO years old. She has
ia great-grandchildren and one great great
grandchild.
Old Louis Fridetts, a 77-year-old citizen OF
Fall River, Mass, imagined that he could
walk on air. He tried It the other day by
walking out Of an open window, and now lies
dangerously injured.
Speckled trout served cold with lettuce and
Mayonnaise dressing is said by Boston man
to be worth the attention Of those who know
a good thing when they taste 1t. The dish is
particularly palatable along about midnight
Dress suits made in one piece are now being
worn by Partisan swells. The waist coat has
no back, the shirt consists Of front, the cuffs
are stitched into the coat sleeves, and a single
set Of buttons fixed on the whole contrvance
1t is said that London Is to have 'thygienic
where dyspeptics viii dine.
When they enter they will tell their symptoms
to one Of the attendant doctors, who will
plan out proper dinners for them, which they
win then proceed to eat in prescribed man.
ner.
The heaviest locomotive in the world weighs
100, 900 pounds, and is on the Canadian Paci.
&c. The next heaviest is the Southern
Paclfc's, $4,000 pounds; the third, weighs
145, 900 pounds and is on the Northern Pacific
and Brazil owns the fourth, weighing IA, 0oe |
pounds.
The duchess Of Galllera and $1,000 Of her
have presented q petition tc
the municipality Of Genoa asking for the
Of the statue Of the Madonna
above the gates, in recognition Of the preser-
walton Of the town during the recent earth |
puakes
Rev. Lynn McGrew, OF Monongahela, Pa,
suffered very severe attack Of fever last fall |
During his convalescence, being unable to |
preach, he undertook TO utilize the abundant |
grape crop which grew about the parsonage |
hillside by making some unfermented wine |
for communion purposes, and got nearly a /
barrel Of pure grape-juice as result The
wine fermented 80 that 1t was no longer fit |
Tor the purpose intended, and the good
clergyman turned 1t over to the wall to make |
itself into yinigar. A few weeks ago the To-
al owl gang smelled out the wine, broke into |
The clerical cellar, aud tapped the barrel An
arrest followed, and now the work-house stares
certain young wine-bibbers in the face, much
10 the surprise and annoyance O, the preacher,
who is kept busy explaining to his temper
lnce friends how he came to have barrel of |
wine in his temperance cellar. i
A New York correspondent Of The Cincin-
saH Enquirer writes: ut is quietly an.
,ounced In mining circlce that the farno,e